Thousands of flights have been delayed or canceled following a round of severe storms that hammered the eastern United Sates.
More than 300 flights were canceled early Tuesday, with another 940 delayed, according to data from FlightAware. It’s a significant improvement from Monday when 8,200 flights were delayed and 1,600 were canceled. Delta Air Lines has 100 cancellations, roughly 3% of its schedule, and another 148 flights were delayed Tuesday. New York’s LaGuardia is the most impacted airport with 20 flights canceled and 11 flights delayed.
Monday’s round of severe storms left nearly 400,000 homes and business were without power in a large swath of eastern US a day earlier and left at least two people dead, damaged neighborhoods and stranded dozens of people on a Maryland road for hours. Although the weather may be to partly to blame, these delays and cancellations have been par for the course for months now.
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